Light coming to Kovol

last edited Dec. 31, 2021, 1:18 a.m. by Steve

5-2 Cosmology & Mythology Potential key story

Participants

Date Team participants National participants
May 6, 2020 Steve Mosangi, Toviem, many others

Description

On Steve's overnight at Evesil the guys insisted on giving this story and having it recorded before eating. It was of obvious significance to them and they wanted to make sure I didn't miss a single word of it. They wanted to do a in tandem translation to Tok Pisin to make sure not a word was missed - I made them do it one after the other to save editing. Both the Tok ples and translation had extra appended on to the end when they discussed and realized a piece was missing.

The next morning Sogoba translated for an old lady who was rehersing the same story. Tears came to his eyes and his voice broke as he did so.

Texts

Evesil light story
last edited May 11, 2020, 8:43 a.m. by Steve

Evesil light story, Tok Pisin
last edited May 11, 2020, 8:43 a.m. by Steve

Orthographic text

Sios i kisim lait i kam long en, Sios i kisim lait i kam long en. Em kirap long Australia, Australia, Mosbi, kam long Mosbi, kam long Rabaul. Nem bilong sip simbang, kaptein bilong dispela sip, kaptein Cook. Em kirap long Rabaul, Lae, Pinsapem. Silip kirap, silip long Lae, Pinsapem, kam long Rai kos, Kurum. Em kirap long Kurum, kam long Yabob Bilbil. Tupela man kirap long Karkar, na kam long Yabob - Erundi wantaim Markon, Erundi wantaim Markon. Kirap long hap, Karkar, silip long Bunabun, kirap long Bunabun, kam long Ongomak. Kirap long Ongomak, kam long Jelul. Kirap long Jelul kam long Nungave, Nungave Gumimulek, kirap long Gumimulek kam long Musupum. Kam long Musupum kam daun gen long Kepaukusi. Kirap long Kepaukusi, Kamdumerumak. Kamdumerumak na orait tumbuna bilong mi Sabulom, Matapaul, Menamena ol stap long hap. Ol kisim dispela lait i kam, nau yu kam. Antap long dispela yu kam, kam long Mandangus, antap long dispela yu kam. Olsem mi stap long tudak yu kisim mi go long lait. OK dispela lait ol lain tumbuna i bin bringim, antap long dispela Natan, Kris ol i kam dispela lait ol bihainim i kam. Antap long dispela yu kam. Yu kam long kisim mi. Mi stap, wari bilong mi i go na yu pinisim ai wara bilong mi na yu kam kisim mi i go insait long lait.